KPK Niagara Branch

President’s Message/Wiadomość od Prezesa

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OPEN INVITATION

On behalf of the Canadian Polish Congress, Niagara District, I have the pleasure to invite you to a very special event commemorating the effort of the Polish, Canadian and American volunteers who joined the Polish army units formed in Niagara-on-the-Lake to help Poland in its struggle to regain independence in 1918. Many of the soldiers died of disease and never reached the land they vowed to free.

The memory of those Canadians and Americans’ ultimate sacrifice to free the land of their forefathers is just one of the many examples of how intertwined the Canadian and Polish military traditions are. We shall remember that the Polish army fought alongside Canadian forces during the First WW, Second WW and today serve in the mission in Afghanistan.

For over 90 years, the Polish Army Veteran Association from Buffalo, USA, and recently Canadian Polish Congress, District Niagara, has taken great pride in continuing the tradition that is very strong in everyone’s hearts. This year Pilgrimage will mark our 92^nd anniversary of recruiting first Polish volunteers to the Kościuszko Military Camp in Niagara-on-the-Lake.

Activities of this year’s Pilgrimage will begin at 12:00 AM on June 14/2009, with a military inspection of the Veterans’ organizations. Then a Catholic Mass will be celebrated at the cemetery chapel. Following the Mass, a parade will proceed to the Cenotaph, where wreaths are to be laid honouring those Polish and Canadian Volunteers who gave their lives for freedom. We shall remember them.

On behalf of the Polish Congress, District Niagara, I do thank you most sincerely for your time and consideration regarding our Pilgrimage.

Best regards,

Jacek Kaminski

President of Niagara District of Canadian Polish Congress

Events/Wydarzenia

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CPC - Niagara Branch Pilgrimage

Canadian Polish Congress - Niagara Branch will conduct the annual Pilgrimage to Cemetery of Soldiers from General Haller’s Blue Army. Pilgrimage will take place in Niagara-on-the-Lake on June 14, 2009 - beginning: 12 noon.

2008 Polish Soldier’s Day

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The Celebration of the Polish Soldier is commemorated by the New Republic of Poland in memory of the battles defending the motherland in the year of 1920. In the early morning hours of August 15th, 1920, the 21st Mountain Division began their legendary counter-offensive which lead to the scattering of the western front of the Russian army, under the command of Mikhail Tukhachevsky. The Holiday of the Polish Soldier was later sanctioned by order of Gen. Stanislaw Szeptycki, on the 4th of August, 1923. Quoting his speech: “On this day, the army and citizens honor the qualities of duty which are embodied and expressed in the common soldier. In the anniversary of the division of the Bolshevik attack on Warsaw, shines the memory of those who fought with the enemy for unity and freedom of Poland.” The holiday of the Polish Soldier was never reviewed by any law. It was celebrated during the second world war in the Western Polish Armed Forces and the Polish Army until 1947. In the years to come it became better known as the Day of the Polish Army, to commemorate the battle of the 1st Infantry Division in Lenino under the name of Tadeusz Kościuszko. This battle was one of the most significant to the polish army during the second world war.

Swięto Żołnierza Polskiego

W okresie Nowej Rzeczypospolitej, Święto Żołnierza obchodzono dla upamiętnienia walk w obronie Ojczyzny toczonych w 1920 roku. Wybrano dzień 15 sierpnia, gdyż w tym dniu w 1920 roku w godzinach nocnych pierwsze oddziały 21 Dywizji Górskiej rozpoczęły słynną kontrofensywę, w wyniku której rozbito wojska rosyjskiego Frontu Zachodniego pod dowództwem Michaiła Tuchaczewskiego. Ustanowienie Święta Żołnierza sankcjonował prawnie rozkaz Ministra Spraw Wojskowych gen. broni Stanisława Szeptyckiego nr 126 z dnia 4 sierpnia 1923 roku. Podano w nim: „W dniu tym wojsko i społeczeństwo czci chwałę oręża polskiego, której uosobieniem i wyrazem jest żołnierz. W rocznicę wiekopomnego rozgromienia nawały bolszewickiej pod Warszawą święci się pamięć poległych w walkach z wiekowym wrogiem o całość i niepodległość Polski”. Święto Żołnierza nie zostało nigdy anulowane żadnym aktem prawnym. Obchodzono je uroczyście w okresie II wojny światowej w Polskich Siłach Zbrojnych na Zachodzie i w Wojsku Polskim do 1947 roku. W następnych latach zaniechano jego obchodów i ustanowiono Dzień Wojska Polskiego (12 października) - upamiętniając w ten sposób chrzest bojowy 1 Dywizji Piechoty im. Tadeusza Kościuszki pod Lenino. Jednak ten czyn zbrojny był jednym z wielu epizodów na szlaku bojowym żołnierzy polskich w latach II wojny światowej.

June 8th, 2008 - Niagara Pilgrimage

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Harper pays tribute to victims of Nazi terror

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June 10th, 2008 Ottawa Reception

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Robert Dziekanski Video shows a man who Taser at airport cnn

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